# The Celebrity Death Pool 2010 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2009, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574 "2009-12-01T11:44:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 103
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2041 "2010-11-29T13:20:10Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Putting you in second place. What an awesome way to start a MONDAY, hearing this news! SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2042 "2010-11-29T13:25:11Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > What an awesome way to start a MONDAY, hearing this news! > > SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Surely,you cant be serious. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2043 "2010-11-29T13:58:08Z")
Damn, I like _Forbidden Planet._ ☹ ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2044 "2010-11-29T14:18:07Z")
Irving Kershner - director of _Empire Strike Back_, among other films [has passed](http://www.empireonline.com/news/feed.asp?NID=29588) at 87 ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2045 "2010-11-29T15:41:00Z")
> [@critter42](#): > > Irving Kershner - director of _Empire Strike Back_, among other films [has passed](http://www.empireonline.com/news/feed.asp?NID=29588) at 87 ☹ Wow, that’s sad. I wish he had directed at least one of the prequels. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2046 "2010-11-29T19:31:32Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > A unique pick for **Dungbeetle**. _Years_ I have waited to hear those words! And yet…rats. Leslie Nielsen is dead. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Uncle\_Goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Goat)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2047 "2010-11-29T23:24:49Z")
Crap. I have a little bit over 32 days left for my list to die out. It’s not looking good. Come on people! The clock is ticking!! ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2048 "2010-11-29T23:27:41Z")
My amended list is all relatively young people, so I’m hoping for maybe a meteor to crash into LA on Christmas day or something … then I’ll clean up. In the meantime, I think if I’d have stuck to my original list (which I leached by picking the first 13 posters’ number 1 picks) I’d probably be at the top of the pack by now. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2049 "2010-11-29T23:32:11Z")
My original list: ## O. J. Simpson Muhammed Ali Russell Johnson **Pat Burns** Kurt Angle Seve Ballesteros **Dennis Hopper** Vernon Baker Lindsay Lohan **Tony Curtis** Connie Newton Needham Ronnie Biggs Ernest Borgnine (did I miss bolding any corpses?) My --look how clever I am-- list: Verne Troyer Phil Ivey Mark-Paul Gosselaar Joe Francis Wes Welker Alanis Morissette Forrest Griffin Tempestt Bledsoe Scott Speedman Zach Galifianakis Coco Crisp Jared Fogle Barack Obama ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2050 "2010-11-29T23:51:13Z")
**Jack** , if that’s your 2011 list, the new game doesn’t open until Wednesday ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2051 "2010-11-29T23:58:58Z")
No, I was just comparing what I originally picked for this year to what I changed to … to illustrate my talents at this game. ---
**Author:** ![Kitten\_Mitten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@Kitten\_Mitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitten_Mitten)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2052 "2010-11-30T01:14:44Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > No, I was just comparing what I originally picked for this year to what I changed to … to illustrate my talents **or lack thereof** at this game. fixed it for you. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2053 "2010-11-30T01:37:38Z")
Thanks. I hate it when my obvious sarcasm is broken. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2054 "2010-11-30T01:53:50Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > **Jack** , if that’s your 2011 list, the new game doesn’t open until Wednesday Yeah, and we’ll have a new thread for it. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2055 "2010-11-30T02:46:12Z")
[Classic Police Squad endings](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_3rJqHWYjs) ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2056 "2010-11-30T05:34:29Z")
[Director of “The Empire Strikes Back” - Irvin Kershner - dead at age 87.](http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/11/29/empire-strikes-director-irvin-kershner-dead/) ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Uncle\_Goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Goat)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2057 "2010-11-30T12:21:57Z")
Italian director, [Mario Monicelli](http://www.imdb.com/news/ni5843169/) kills his cancer before it can kill him. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2058 "2010-11-30T14:00:56Z")
> [@Rico](#): > > [Director of “The Empire Strikes Back” - Irvin Kershner - dead at age 87.](http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/11/29/empire-strikes-director-irvin-kershner-dead/) No. That’s not true! That’s impossible! [Someone should have told us this earlier!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=13192922&postcount=2044) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2059 "2010-11-30T15:48:58Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > [Classic Police Squad endings](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_3rJqHWYjs) Best Police Squad Scene, the key store. I’ll get you and your little key store! I feel like an Idiot for walking right into the woosh factory that was the “Surely” joke. But I figured that this group would not pull that joke with Leslie. So I felt that I could confirm. But then again, I guess jokes made about any one’s demise is a forgone conclusion and is price of admission into the 'pool. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2060 "2010-11-30T15:59:20Z")
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